This article by P. Vaclav, OSB, was written to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia. It was published in a supplement to the Studensky Listy.
The Auditorium at St. Procopius College, located in Benedictine Hall, was decorated for a celebration. This space would eventually become the location of the second library in Benedictine Hall.
Abbot Ambrose, assisted by Father Alexius Machacek, prior, Father Claude Viktora, master of novices, and Father Daniel W. Kucera, college president, bless the ground at the groudnbreaking ceremony on October 17, 1959.